Easton brownfield housing project lands $2.3M grant; TIF rejected for Dixie Cup conversion project

EASTON, Pa. — State officials have committed millions of dollars to a project to convert an Easton brownfield into housing, just as Northampton County leaders again rejected sending more than 10 times that amount to a brownfield project at the Dixie Cup factory in Wilson.

VM Development Group plans to turn the former Easton Iron and Metal scrapyard into 200 apartments and space for commercial uses.

Its project last week got a $2.3 million boost from Pennsylvania’s Mixed-Use Housing Development Pilot program…

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